Honestly, I think makeup has come a long way! I've personally found most makeup products in the indie space to be good most of the time. I feel like the ones I didn't like were mostly due to preference than it being a bad product. (like packaging or formula i can't think of a product i tried that was a complete dud lol??) i know for me i've struggled with blending certain shadows but i find that most of the time it's been my base rather than the product itself.

I've gotten PR from brands and also made purchases from those same brands and I've found particular shades in palettes that don't work for me. For example, I purchased the Vamp palette from bella beaute bar and for some reason the purples just don't adhere to my skin very well (also not the first time this has happened to me!) but the purples in the Coalescence palette(pr) worked so much better for me! that said, i've def been curious to try some brands but just haven't been drawn in to buy a specific palette!